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Lama Zhang (1123–1193 CE); Tibet; 14th century CE; bronze; 4.3 x 3.5 in. (11 x 9 cm); The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art; 85.04.0650

A sketch portrait of James IV of Scotland (r. 1488-1513 CE) by Jacques Le Boucq. Drawn in 1559 CE.

An 1862 oil on canvas painting, Music in the Tuileries Gardens, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. This work has often been called the first modern painting since it broke the artistic convention that artists avoided...

Portrait of Suzanne Curchod (1739-1794), oil on canvas by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, c.18th century. One-time fiance to British writer Edward Gibbon, Suzanne was the wife of France's popular finance minister Jacques Necker and the mother to...

Committee of Public Safety emblem, 1794. Designed by Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne and Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois.

The title page of Second Discourse by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), first published in 1755.

The Compte Rendu Au Roi (1781) was the first account of French royal finances to go public. Its publication caused a sensation throughout Europe, as it was translated into 5 different languages. Its success caused its author, finance minister...

Portrait of Pope Pius VII, oil on panel by Jacques-Louis David, 1805. Louvre Museum, Paris.

The Self-Sacrifice of a Father, painting by Jacques Sablet, second half of the 18th century. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.

Battle of Friedland, 14 June 1807, between French and Russian armies. Colored litho by Horace Vernet and Jacques François Swebach, 19th century. Photo taken by JoJan at an art auction in Belgium.